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Sarah and Alaric Snell-Pym living in interesting timesWed, 10 Oct 2018 08:39:06 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3By: Lionelhttp://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2009/11/04/first-publishing-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-115165
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:39:45 +0000http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=1861#comment-115165Myself I favour the give-away approach. I see it as "casting bread upon the waters". When I started doing e-books we pitched the price really low because we could not afford protection software and thought we'd just make it hardly worth copying or stealing. Soon people began saying "can we have a proper book of this please?"

So my own preference is to let it go free until it becomes loved. Then make a book, but make it what the magicians call a "talismanic" work - somehow beautiful, nicely bound on good paper etc. So the loved content gains so much in the final book that it is wanted for its own sake â€“ and the fact that digital copies are going the rounds makes little difference.

People who worry overmuch about piracy sometimes reveal a fear that their genius is finite, like "I mustn't let that be stolen in case it's the last good idea I ever have". What can happen is that the acceptance of early work â€“ even if it is no more than acceptance by plagiarising and theft â€“ is so encouraging that it fosters feedback and releases a whole lot more ideas. Rejection by publishers is such a downer that it has snuffed out many writers, but a positive response from even a stolen copy of your work may inspire a whole new writing impulse. And you, Sarah, have a lot more to give the world.

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:32:44 +0000http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=1861#comment-114644Sarah,
I read your Chaos poem with interest and the wings of your butterfly pulled me here to comment. I have struggled with the same issues of whether or not to post work on a blog. For me, I have chosen to post ALL my work on my blog: Expressive Domain. With over 300 poems on the pages, I am self publishing a collection of 100 poems into my first book: Magnetic Replusion. It is being published by Outskirts Press, with hopes to be on shelves before the new year. I am not delusional as to its marketing success, but I did want to see my work in a more traditional hold-in-hand form. It feels like a tangible legacy that I can say I accomplished. Best of luck to you in your work, which is so thought provoking. Be sure to share your results in Twitter. I'll be watching and reading.
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